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[CITE: 28USC528]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
                    CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
 
Sec. 528. Disqualification of officers and employees of the 
        Department of Justice
        
    The Attorney General shall promulgate rules and regulations which 
require the disqualification of any officer or employee of the 
Department of Justice, including a United States attorney or a member of 
such attorney's staff, from participation in a particular investigation 
or prosecution if such participation may result in a personal, 
financial, or political conflict of interest, or the appearance thereof. 
Such rules and regulations may provide that a willful violation of any 
provision thereof shall result in removal from office.

(Added Pub. L. 95-521, title VI, Sec. 603(a), Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 
1874.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 26, 1978, see section 604 of Pub. L. 95-521, 
set out as a note under section 591 of this title.
